THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD

90 min / Uganda / English

Director: Patience Nitumwesiga

Producer: Rosie Motiene

Company: Shagika

Despite fearing for her life, Ugandan medical anthropologist, queer rights activist and feminist Stella Nyanzi employs radical rudeness and traditional resistance tactics like nudity to tackle oppression.

Patience Nitumwesiga

 

2017, Somebody Clap For Me, Documentary feature, Assistant Director and researcher, the film won multiple awards.

 

2018, Communion, 7 mins, Writer-Director, Honourable mention in 2019 at Cape Verde’s Plateau – Festival Internacional de Cinema

 

2020, Heaven Sounds Boring, 23 mins, Writer-Director, Premiered at Ngalabi short film festival.

 

2021, Jangu, 11 mins, Writer-Director, Karlsruhe underground film award.

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